An all-Nintendo release would still include some amazing titles, obviously, Zelda and Metroid for instance, until the machine is discontinued by that same Virtual Console-pushing prick in accounting. Fuck that guy.

You know, I think instinct / an instinctual opinion is a good thing to have. But, it can fail quite often enough. Or it can't see or misses the forests for the trees. I mean, all of the competitors to Nintendo's handhelds were all superior tech wise. They all underperformed relative to what instinct says. And that's just one example. However, the interesting part of your quote to me, the reason why I'm talking about "instinct" here -- is that you and other critics are, well, being critical of Nintendo for dropping the NES Classic Edition. To me, at least, seemingly instinctually positing that some accounting prick or bean pusher or future profit motivations from VC re-release are clearly the reasons why.

I don't claim to have a crystal ball and know why Nintendo killed the NES Classic edition -- I'm not even necessarily claiming that the instinctually based responses I'm seeing are wrong.

However, if it is just some accounting dude being a prick -- Why push out the SNES classic edition? Launching a VC on the Switch seems like it would involve less work then manufacturing physical mini-replica SNES. I don't think said accounting prick would be ok with a SNES classic edition after he just killed the NES classic edition on an actuarial decision of "We'll make more money on the VC instead of having this neat novelty item."

Besides didn't you say this regarding the NES Classic edition itself?

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Useless pos

I'm curious what you meant by that.

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[The DS] was a huge success because it had basically zero competition.

However, if it is just some accounting dude being a prick -- Why push out the SNES classic edition?

I just want to mention again that the only source claiming there'll be a SNES Mini by Christmas is this really crappy Eurogamer article. That doesn't mean it's wrong, but without confirmation or even a comment by Nintendo, we could just as well assume that the machine will never come (mostly for the reasons Rommel listed).

That said, I think there's a market for these things, and it's not necessarily identical to the market for VC games. As anecdotal evidence, neither me nor anyone in my family would pay for a digital NES game (and probably not a SNES game either), but we quite enjoyed fiddling around with the NES Mini, and I would totally buy a SNES Mini. You'll also find some old Game-and-Watches if you dig around in our cupboards. It's the novelty-meets-nostalgia effect that motivates people like us to spend money, rather than the included games themselves.

Also: Why is everyone so sure Nintendo won't find a way to include the SNES Mini in their digital strategy and sell additional games for the tiny machine via an elaborate account system (or using friend codes, you never know)?

An all-Nintendo release would still include some amazing titles, obviously, Zelda and Metroid for instance, until the machine is discontinued by that same Virtual Console-pushing prick in accounting. Fuck that guy.

I don't think the future VC sales on the Switch have anything to do with the NES Classic being discontinued. I don't think it'll have any affect on the rumored SNES version, either.

See, the selling point of any VC titles on the Switch would be the simple fact that the device is wholly portable...where these NES and SNES devices simply aren't. Sure, people will buy these mini versions for the nostalgia and novelty...but most folks will ultimately opt for the version that is playable on their TV and on the go, all on one device. Hell, most of 'em might even double dip.

You know, I think instinct / an instinctual opinion is a good thing to have. But, it can fail quite often enough. Or it can't see or misses the forests for the trees.

Don't try to sound smart, you're not. The above quote is nonsense.

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I mean, all of the competitors to Nintendo's handhelds were all superior tech wise. They all underperformed relative to what instinct says. And that's just one example.

Here the writer has graduated to question dodging, which in this case may be better called "Subject dodging." We're discussing a rumored SNES Mini, yet Mr. Flavas begs to utilize historical handheld data. A topic that Nintendo isn't, in fact, even winning, unless you want to make the outlandish claim cell phones are not portable gaming systems.

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However, the interesting part of your quote to me, the reason why I'm talking about "instinct" here -- is that you and other critics are, well, being critical of Nintendo for dropping the NES Classic Edition.

To me, at least, seemingly instinctually positing that some accounting prick or bean pusher or future profit motivations from VC re-release are clearly the reasons why.

Using my decades of experience as a video game enthusiast and a decade of working in the toy industry to infer underling motivations is not "instinctually positing," sic. And guess what? Forbes, an organization with some business and money analytic experience, offered similar conjecture on the subject.

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I don't claim to have a crystal ball and know why Nintendo killed the NES Classic edition -- I'm not even necessarily claiming that the instinctually based responses I'm seeing are wrong.

However, if it is just some accounting dude being a prick -- Why push out the SNES classic edition? Launching a VC on the Switch seems like it would involve less work then manufacturing physical mini-replica SNES. I don't think said accounting prick would be ok with a SNES classic edition after he just killed the NES classic edition on an actuarial decision of "We'll make more money on the VC instead of having this neat novelty item."

Since I'm known as a kind, charitable individual and since you're dumb as toast, I elect to explain that you can proudly announce to your family, whom I assume are goldfish, that you learned something this year. I make jokes on the internet. Shocking, I know! Wake the kids for that tidbit. I don't think there is, in fact, an actual man named Salzman in accounting who struck down the NES Mini so he only needed to maintain a single spreadsheet. I do believe, this is the actual point I foolishly hoped you might understand so get ready, that Nintendo canceled the machine to allow for more profitable Virtual Console distribution of the nostalgic wares it is hawking. Speaking of hawks, in bird culture this is considered a "Dick move."

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Besides didn't you say this regarding the NES Classic edition itself?I'm curious what you meant by that.

I know I'm going to regret this but, what are you talking about?

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drive into the daughter's womb proper, fill the uterus with the dick snot

Here the writer has graduated to question dodging, which in this case may be better called "Subject dodging." We're discussing a rumored SNES Mini, yet Mr. Flavas begs to utilize historical handheld data. A topic that Nintendo isn't, in fact, even winning, unless you want to make the outlandish claim cell phones are not portable gaming systems.

Using my decades of experience as a video game enthusiast and a decade of working in the toy industry to infer underling motivations is not "instinctually positing," sic. And guess what? Forbes, an organization with some business and money analytic experience, offered similar conjecture on the subject.

Since I'm known as a kind, charitable individual and since you're dumb as toast, I elect to explain that you can proudly announce to your family, whom I assume are goldfish, that you learned something this year. I make jokes on the internet. Shocking, I know! Wake the kids for that tidbit. I don't think there is, in fact, an actual man named Salzman in accounting who struck down the NES Mini so he only needed to maintain a single spreadsheet. I do believe, this is the actual point I foolishly hoped you might understand so get ready, that Nintendo canceled the machine to allow for more profitable Virtual Console distribution of the nostalgic wares it is hawking. Speaking of hawks, in bird culture this is considered a "Dick move."

I know I'm going to regret this but, what are you talking about?

I know I'm going to regret this, but let me untangle this web of shit spun by the Rocky Horror Picture Show's version of Michael Pachter's dumb brother. I can't let you dog on my dawg, flava.

I won't even get into the fact that you're the least interested person maybe on the planet in the product by your own admission, so any "outrage" you express at the discontinuation of this product is horseshit.

Nintendo is a large business, and things change all the time. They may have initially planned to continue the product (a product that was most likely meant to be a small-run novelty) but even weeks later may have found business reasons to discontinue it. Part of it could be the the constant pounding in the ass they took daily for not meeting demand. It's quite feasible they couldn't keep up with demand because they didn't intend for demand to be so high to begin with and weren't equipped for it from a manufacturing standpoint or a resources standpoint.

Okay, i'll get into the fact that you're the least interested person maybe on the planet in the product by your own admission, so any "outrage" you express at the discontinuation of this product is horseshit. Here you are, "angered and critical" of the discontinuation of a product YOU claimed just weeks ago was an absolute useless pile of shit. Why are you on this thread? Are you "championing" for everyone who actually does care? You are a charitable individual.

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Since I'm known as a kind, charitable individual and since you're dumb as toast, I elect to explain that you can proudly announce to your family, whom I assume are goldfish, that you learned something this year. I make jokes on the internet. Shocking, I know! Wake the kids for that tidbit. I don't think there is, in fact, an actual man named Salzman in accounting who struck down the NES Mini so he only needed to maintain a single spreadsheet. I do believe, this is the actual point I foolishly hoped you might understand so get ready, that Nintendo canceled the machine to allow for more profitable Virtual Console distribution of the nostalgic wares it is hawking. Speaking of hawks, in bird culture this is considered a "Dick move."

But this is the part that really gets me. It's the same reason you and a few others are unable to comprehend any success coming from the Switch. In the same way the Switch is not meant to compete with a PC, an Xbone or the PS4 (it's strength and it's value are in it's complete mobility) the same basic principal applies here as to why it's completely stupid to think a NES Mini is going to cannibalize VC sales. It's got a fucking 3ft cord, remember? You're tethered 3ft away from your TV. If I have a Switch (IE mobility is important to me) why the hell would an NES emulator with 30 games canalize whatever I'm buying on the Switch VC? Taking Metroid on the go with me vs being stuck within a 3ft range of my TV is night and day. Even if I had the mini as a novelty (a gag gift), it would have zero bearing on my VC purchasing decisions with the Switch. We're also talking about 30 NES games. Which will no doubt be a drop of a bucket in the Switch VC library over time, and not even very likely to be their biggest VC draw.

So you were critical at the very idea of Nintendo peddling an overpriced NES emulator and now you're outraged they're discontinuing it.

I think you have no clue why Nintendo discontinued the mini and your "criticism" and "outrage" is a load of bullshit. The fact that you're faking outrage already implies that you have little objectivity in your theory because you must be pretending for a reason.